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Miranda, Ruiz, Gálvez & Associated (MIRUGAL) has professionals trained in providing advice to individuals or family groups, offering Legal Services in the Republic of Panama

Legal Services

IMMIGRATION LAW

Miranda, Ruiz, Galvez & Asociados (MIRUGAL) has professionals trained to provide advice to individuals or family groups for the regularization of their immigration status in the Republic of Panama, whether for work, economic, or family reasons. Similarly, we have vast experience advising companies in Panamanian territory and multinationals that require regularizing the immigration and employment status of workers and their families.

Our lawyers can manage all kinds of permanent and temporary residence permits, with their respective work permits where applicable, among which are:

⦁ Permanent residence permit for own economic solvency.
⦁ Permanent Residence Permit according to the Panama-Italy Agreement.
⦁ Permanent residence permit granted to foreigners from Specific Countries that maintain friendly or investment relations with Panama (Friendly Countries).
⦁ Permanent residence permit as a retiree or pensioner.
⦁ Permanent residence permit as married to a Panamanian.
⦁ Permanent residence permit as a parent of a Panamanian child.
⦁ Permanent residence permit as a professional foreigner.
⦁ Permanent residence permit as a hired employee within 10% of the ordinary personnel or 15% of the specialized personnel.
⦁ A temporary residence permit under the Marrakech Agreement.
⦁ Temporary residence permit as an employee of Headquarters of Multinational Companies.
⦁ Temporary residence permit as a retired annuitant.
⦁ City of Knowledge residence permit.

⦁ Permanent residence permit as a dependent of a permanent resident.
⦁ Permanent residence permit as a Qualified Investor.
⦁ Permanent Residence Permit for economic reasons.
⦁ Temporary residence permit as a student.
⦁ Domestic Worker Visa
⦁ Tourist Visa Application
⦁ Temporary Worker Visa Application
⦁ Among others

After obtaining permanent residence, Miranda, Ruíz, Gálvez & Asociados (MIRUGAL) has advised a large group of clients in obtaining their Panamanian nationality through the Carta de Naturaleza, as stated in the Constitution of the Republic of Panama.

FAMILY LAW

At MIRUGAL, we understand that our clients go through tricky family situations, which is why we offer them personalized attention in an environment of great discretion and with the professionalism that characterizes our office, always seeking the best conditions for our clients. Our facilities are designed to offer the discretion and comfort necessary to expose your problems.

Among the services we provide are:

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⦁ Divorces
⦁ Child Support
⦁ Guardianship and Parenting
⦁ Visitation Regime
⦁ Celebration of civil marriages
⦁ Economic regime in marriage
⦁ Dissolution and liquidation of the matrimonial property regime

⦁ Paternity acknowledgment
⦁ Paternity contestation
⦁ De facto unions
⦁ Domestic violence
⦁ Guardianships
⦁ Adoption of minors
⦁ Among others

COMMERCIAL LAW

Our firm offers advice, through suitable professionals, to our individual and corporate, local and international clients. The service we provide is for the incorporation of commercial companies, planning corporate structures, preparation of shareholder agreements, resolving disputes between shareholders, registration of trademarks, dissolution of companies, and general corporate services.

Additionally, our firm advises and guides clients wishing to establish companies engaging in commercial activities. We have the experience to restructure existing businesses and prevent corporate risks that affect the company’s operation.

In this regard, we provide the following services:

⦁ Incorporation of companies
⦁ Company dissolutions
⦁ Preparation of minutes and corporations minutes
⦁ Preparation of capitalizations minutes
⦁ Change of Board of Directors
⦁ Opening of bank accounts

⦁ Commercial contracts preparations
⦁ Notice of Transactions requests
⦁ Securities purchase and sale
⦁ Spin-off of companies
⦁ Constitution of Private Interest Foundations
⦁ Others

TAX LAW

Tax Law, or Fiscal Law, studies the legal norms through which the State exercises its authority to obtain tax revenues from individuals and companies, a product of the income generated by their commercial activities.

Our firm regularly advises companies and individual clients on matters related to the Panamanian tax system.
Among the services we provide are:

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⦁ Preparation of legal appeals before the DGI or the Administrative Tax Court (TAT).
⦁ Tax Exonerations
⦁ Preparation of Forms 106 and 107 (2% and 3%)
⦁ Tax Correction before the DGI
⦁ Registration of Taxpayers
⦁ Cancellation of Tax Obligations
⦁ Tax Refund Request
⦁ Tax Prescription Request

⦁ Request for Inactivation of RUC due to Dissolution or Cessation of Operations
⦁ Request for Equalization of Real Estate Values
⦁ Request for Tax Residences
⦁ Request for Reactivation of a Legal Entity
⦁ Application for Electronic Invoicing
⦁ Registration of Business in the Municipality
⦁ Property Donations
⦁ Full Jurisdiction Lawsuits or Nullity Lawsuits before the Third Chamber
Among Others

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LABOUR LAW

Our team of professionals in labor law has the experience to advise our clients; this will ensure compliance with our Labor Code from the moment of hiring to the departure of the collaborator. We also offer individual advice to national and foreign workers in search of compliance with their labor rights.

Among the services we provide are:

⦁ Labor Consulting
⦁ Employment Contracts
⦁ Labor Litigation
⦁ Work Permits for Foreigners

⦁ Internal Regulations
⦁ Labor Benefits Calculation
⦁ Labor Relationship Termination
⦁ Others

REAL ESTATE LAW
(Real Estate)

For some of our clients, deciding to move to Panama implies, in many cases acquiring a property, either directly or with a mortgage loan. Our team of advisors will guide you in purchasing and selling the property that meets your housing or business needs.

Real Estate Law is the group of norms whose purpose is to regulate real estate that civil legislation considers as such.

Obtaining professional advice in Panama, thanks to our team of lawyers and real estate agents who will ensure compliance with civil and tax legislation and other procedures when disposing of real estate, ensures the client does not have subsequent problems that are derived from this transaction.

⦁ Real Estate Purchase and Sale
⦁ Contract
⦁ Taxes (forms 106 and 107), Real Estate Tax
⦁ Notary formalities

⦁ Property Protection
⦁ Segregation of properties
⦁ Appraisal of properties
⦁ Horizontal Property
⦁ Others

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ADMINISTRATIVE LAW

⦁ Legal Resources before the Court of Accounts
⦁ Legal remedies before the Social Security Fund (CSS)
⦁ Incorporation of Non-Profit Corporations (NGOs)
⦁ Others

CIVIL LAW

⦁ Contract Preparation
⦁ Litigation in Civil Courts
⦁ Inheritance
⦁ Will Drafting
⦁ Others

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

⦁ Trademark Registration
⦁ Copyright Registration
⦁ Others

MARITIME LAW

Given that Panama is the country with the largest merchant marine in the world, our firm provides services within this sector, including:

⦁ Purchase and Sale of Vessels, both under local and international conventions.
⦁ Registration of merchant ships in general, auxiliary vessels, and pleasure yachts.
⦁ Litigation in matters related to work at sea and inland waterways.
⦁ Claims and other proceedings before the Panama Canal Authority (ACP).
⦁ Various formalities before the Panama Maritime Authority (Autoridad Marítima de Panamá).
Among others

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CONSUMER PROTECTION

⦁ Counseling
⦁ Legal Actions within ACODECO
⦁ Legal Actions in Commercial Courts
⦁ Legal Actions within ASEP
⦁ Others

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